摘要:
The invention relates to a Method of generating oxygen and nitric oxide. The method comprises the steps of: guiding an oxygen comprising gas to a primary side of a dense membrane (42), heating the membrane (42) to a temperature at which it is permeable for oxygen, creating a pressure difference between the primary side of the membrane (42) and a secondary side of the membrane (42), wherein a stream of oxygen is generated at the secondary side of the membrane (42) and a stream of oxygen depleted gas is generated at the primary side of the membrane (42). The method according to the invention further comprises the steps of: providing a flow of nitrous oxide comprising gas and heating the nitrous oxide comprising gas to a temperature at which nitric oxide is generated. Thereby, according to the invention, heat generated in the process of operating the membrane is used. According to the invention it is possible to generate both oxygen and nitric oxide in one device making use of several synergistic effects, thus being energy saving.
摘要:
In order to provide an easy-to-use technique for measuring blood pressure and/or other vital signs of a subject, a sensor for detecting the passing of a pulse wave from a subject's arterial system is suggested, the sensor being adapted to be located at a sensing position on the exterior of the subject's body, characterized in that the sensor comprises a number of electrical coils for generating an inductive coupling to the subject's body in a way that the properties of said inductive coupling change if a pulse wave passes a screened volume underneath the sensing position, and a circuit connected to the number of electrical coils, said circuit being adapted to detect said property changes of the inductive coupling.
摘要:
A coil arrangement for a magnetic induction impedance measurement apparatus includes an excitation coil configured to generate a magnetic excitation field in an object, a shimming coil configured to generate a shimming field, and a detection coil configured to detect a magnetic response field generated in response to the magnetic excitation field inducing a current in the object. In order to enhance an accuracy of a determination of a parameter of an object, a value of a field strength of a net magnetic excitation field in the detection coil, being the sum of the excitation field and the shimming field, is approximately within a magnitude range of an average value of a field strength of the magnetic response field in the detection coil.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for generating nitric oxide, which comprises the steps of: providing a precursor solution comprising a nitric oxide precursor in a first reservoir (12), guiding the precursor solution through a reaction chamber (16), thereby subjecting the precursor solution to radiation to generate nitric oxide, guiding the generated nitric oxide out of the reaction chamber (16) by a stream of carrier gas, and guiding the reacted solution into a second reservoir (14). The method according to the invention provides a method of generating nitric oxide, or a flow of nitric oxide comprising gas, in which the concentration of the nitric oxide may be kept especially constant. Also claimed is an apparatus for generating nitric oxide comprising reservoirs for the precursor solution and the reacted solution and a reaction chamber.
摘要:
A magnetic induction tomography system and method for studying the electromagnetic properties of an object includes generator coils adapted for generating a primary magnetic field, and sensor coils adapted for sensing a secondary magnetic field. Actuators provide relative movement between the generator coils and/or the sensor coils on the one hand and the object to be studied on the other hand.
摘要:
This invention relates to a method and device for magnetic induction tomography. The device comprises a transmitting coil arrangement for generating a primary magnetic field, the primary magnetic field inducing an eddy current in an object of interest, and a measurement coil arrangement for measuring a secondary magnetic field generated by the eddy current to generate a set of measurement data used for image reconstruction of the object of interest, wherein the transmitting coil arrangement at least comprises a pair of transmitting coils intended for carrying substantially electrical currents flowing in the same direction and positioned symmetrically along a common axis and the measurement coil arrangement at least comprises a pair of measurement coils connected and positioned symmetrically along the axis. In an embodiment, the pair of transmitting coils and the pair of measurement coils are respectively Helmholtz coils.
摘要:
In order to provide a simple and reliable method and apparatus for determining the position and/or the motion of a user's body during inductively measuring the bio-impedance of that body an apparatus (1) is suggested, which apparatus (1) comprises generating means (3) adapted to induce an alternating magnetic field in the user's body (2), the apparatus further comprising a number of reference signal generators (4) attached to the user's body (2), each reference signal generator (4) being adapted to generate a reference signal, the apparatus further comprising sensing means (6) adapted to measure a secondary magnetic field to obtain bio-impedance values and further adapted to measure a number of reference signals, and the apparatus further comprising analyzing means (8) adapted to determine the position and/or the motion of the user's body (2) based on the measured reference signals.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for generating nitric oxide, in particular for therapeutic applications, which comprises the steps of: guiding a process gas into a reaction chamber 3, wherein the process gas comprises nitrogen and oxygen, heating the process gas to a temperature which is sufficiently high to enable a reaction of oxygen and nitrogen to form nitric oxide, thereby forming a gas which comprises nitric oxide, and extracting the nitric oxide comprising gas from the reaction chamber 3, wherein oxygen is present in the process gas in the reaction chamber in an amount of
摘要:
The invention relates to the field of nitric oxide generation. The present invention particularly relates to a method for generating a stream of gas, the gas comprising oxygen and nitric oxide. According to the invention, an intermittent stream of oxygen comprising gas having at least one gap is provided, in which gap a defined pulse of nitric oxide comprising gas is provided. The pulse of nitric oxide comprising gas is embedded in a first pulse of inert gas being provided before the pulse of nitric oxide comprising gas and a second pulse of inert gas being provided after the pulse of nitric oxide comprising gas, the first pulse of inert gas and the second pulse of inert gas being provided in the gap of the intermittent stream of oxygen comprising gas. The method according to the invention reduces the danger of toxic compounds to be formed in the generated gas stream and furthermore provides a method being usable for therapeutic applications independent from the breathing cycle of a patient.
摘要:
A planar coil arrangement (400) for a magnetic induction impedance measurement apparatus comprises an excitation coil (102) configured for generating a magnetic excitation field in an object, and a detection coil (404) configured for detecting a magnetic response field generated in response to the magnetic excitation field inducing a current in the object. In order to minimize an effect of the magnetic excitation field in the detection coil (404), the detection coil (404) is radially symmetrical shaped with respect to the excitation coil (102) and is arranged relative to the excitation coil (102) such that the magnetic excitation field is minimized in the detection coil (404).